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Etymology

The frequentative form of exciere (“call out, arouse, excite”), from ex- (“out; forth”) +‎ ciere (“call, summon”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈeks.ki.toː/, [ˈɛks̠kɪt̪oː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈeks.t͡ʃi.to/, [ˈɛkst͡ʃit̪o]

Verb

excitō (present infinitive excitāre, perfect active excitāvī, supine excitātum); first conjugation

(transitive) to call forth: to rouse, awaken, summon
- Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni, Book VI
  Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium.
  A small spark neglected has often roused to a great inferno.
(transitive) to bring forth: to raise, build
(transitive, figuratively) to bring out: to encourage, revive, excite, stimulate, set in motion
Synonyms: īnstīgō, īnstinguō, exciō, irrītō, stimulō, sollicitō, percieō, concieō, cieō, concitō, urgeō, impellō, īnflammō, incendō, moveō, mōlior, adhortor, ērigō

Antonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, restinguō, plācō, coerceō, mītigō, commītigō, ēlevō, levō, allevō, alleviō
(transitive, figuratively) to call upon: to cite

Conjugation

More information indicative, singular ...

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	excitō	excitās		excitat	excitāmus	excitātis		excitant
	imperfect	excitābam	excitābās		excitābat	excitābāmus	excitābātis		excitābant
	future	excitābō	excitābis		excitābit	excitābimus	excitābitis		excitābunt
	perfect	excitāvī	excitāvistī, excitāstī¹		excitāvit, excitāt¹	excitāvimus, excitāmus¹	excitāvistis, excitāstis¹		excitāvērunt, excitārunt, excitāvēre¹
	pluperfect	excitāveram, excitāram¹	excitāverās, excitārās¹		excitāverat, excitārat¹	excitāverāmus, excitārāmus¹	excitāverātis, excitārātis¹		excitāverant, excitārant¹
	future perfect	excitāverō, excitārō¹	excitāveris, excitāris¹		excitāverit, excitārit¹	excitāverimus, excitārimus¹	excitāveritis, excitāritis¹		excitāverint, excitārint¹
passive	present	excitor	excitāris, excitāre		excitātur	excitāmur	excitāminī		excitantur
	imperfect	excitābar	excitābāris, excitābāre		excitābātur	excitābāmur	excitābāminī		excitābantur
	future	excitābor	excitāberis, excitābere		excitābitur	excitābimur	excitābiminī		excitābuntur
	perfect	excitātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	excitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	excitātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	excitem	excitēs		excitet	excitēmus	excitētis		excitent
	imperfect	excitārem	excitārēs		excitāret	excitārēmus	excitārētis		excitārent
	perfect	excitāverim, excitārim¹	excitāverīs, excitārīs¹		excitāverit, excitārit¹	excitāverīmus, excitārīmus¹	excitāverītis, excitārītis¹		excitāverint, excitārint¹
	pluperfect	excitāvissem, excitāssem¹	excitāvissēs, excitāssēs¹		excitāvisset, excitāsset¹	excitāvissēmus, excitāssēmus¹	excitāvissētis, excitāssētis¹		excitāvissent, excitāssent¹
passive	present	exciter	excitēris, excitēre		excitētur	excitēmur	excitēminī		excitentur
	imperfect	excitārer	excitārēris, excitārēre		excitārētur	excitārēmur	excitārēminī		excitārentur
	perfect	excitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	excitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	excitā		—	—	excitāte		—
active	future	—	excitātō		excitātō	—	excitātōte		excitantō
passive	present	—	excitāre		—	—	excitāminī		—
passive	future	—	excitātor		excitātor	—	—		excitantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		excitāre		excitārī		excitāns		—
future		excitātūrum esse		excitātum īrī		excitātūrus		excitandus
perfect		excitāvisse, excitāsse¹		excitātum esse		—		excitātus
future perfect		—		excitātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		excitātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		excitandī	excitandō		excitandum	excitandō	excitātum		excitātū

Conjugation of excitō (first conjugation)

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

excitatio

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Gallurese: sciutà
- Neapolitan: scetare
- Sassarese: isceddà, isciddà
- Sicilian: scitare (Calabrian)
Sardinian:
- Campidanese: schidai
- Logudorese: ischidare
- Nuorese: ischitare
Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Old Occitan: esedar
Vulgar Latin:
- ⇒ *dēexcitō (see there for further descendants)
→ Catalan: excitar
→ English: excite
→ Esperanto: eksciti
→ French: exciter
→ Friulian: ecitâ
→ Galician: excitar
→ Italian: eccitare
→ Piedmontese: ecité
→ Portuguese: excitar
→ Romanian: excita
→ Spanish: excitar

References

“excito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“excito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
excito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to make up, stir up a fire: ignem excitare (pro Mur. 25. 51)
- to rouse, wake some one: (e) somno excitare, dormientem excitare
- to elicit loud applause: clamores (coronae) facere, excitare
- to excite emotion: motus excitare in animo (opp. sedare, exstinguere)
- to put a man in a pleasurable frame of mind: animum alicuius ad laetitiam excitare
- to inspire the spiritless and prostrate with new vigour: excitare animum iacentem et afflictum (opp. frangere animum)
- to awaken new hope in some one: ad spem aliquem excitare, erigere
- to rouse a person's suspicions: suspicionem movere, excitare, inicere, dare alicui
- to rouse in some one an enthusiasm for virtue: excitare aliquem ad virtutem
- to arouse some one's lust: libidinem alicuius excitare
- to summon some one from the dead: aliquem ab inferis or a mortuis evocare, excitare (passive ab inferis exsistere)
- to build a tower: turrim excitare, erigere, facere
- to cause a war: bellum facere, movere, excitare
- to incite to valour: ad virtutem excitare, cohortari (or simply adhortari, cohortari)
excito in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “excitare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 273

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